The Dillon tribune., 1887-03-18
DIIGHAYS JUDE.
THE noRNoS APOSTLES HISTORIC
JOURNEY :cnc5S The ROCKIES.
A Veteran. ..aasie->nAn Tells Low ne
Led the Mormon Chief over the
Mountain. and Into the Valley OF SAT-
Lake

I .Tol-. Y Set~ L. the g--li<- Ia II i,-'
--Ia-e-t Brigham Young s4c-l->> Inc ------
and over the Ra>zy mountains 10 Inc s-.e
o. II. g-eS=-- c1-C.-.-l 81 -o----21-2So--l =
c-4 81 Ie Ez.c.-- interesting: q. the
ly.-l5 .: pioneers AID ssz.yt., -C'T' l6E'-
! IN. -,e -=-.2s md PLEASURES OK f-'oa-i2-
Lie t5- c.2c tle.-.zstl-.on Of e1@-e e-,s@-rleEs
with Buffalo E.lL
Ee VS. >s-@.-s-. aa /. camp $50. II c-le Q.
the sco-r Or - - tents -h-- --le t-ac sues
u lhe b-p-ti upper cz7--.e.g- al N"d.%oa
Sgu.-t. -ssr1se-4. a5S WIFE q >l1EEN '-!Ts.SE-
slca.-e-I a. lis feet s-.!1.---.gg,>ly stitching
with >h-e<2s n h-.E4lo -s1l.2l 13- l---1s.s!,
boy Of IL stretched u :. c1uch ot deer
skins n e-.a corner ssia: :. copper cnl3cati
lassic Of : slee1-n: peacefully On Il bank
Of blankets n another cnTcs-. Others q
.heir d1l-ky b-t.s! -3-1:,asl in the long pas
SAG outside s-i-h the .saT.sSe=S Of TIE
Pawiset. ~ the Sioux and CAM at their
white fathers bidding to shake haads
with ;iie visitor. Bright eyed, black
hairsd. h,tle and anicis. tha elements Of
savage and civil2e~l blood Seene<;
strangely blended in their natures. There
had been line children II this marriage,
the old :-appar said. Of whom five were
living. the eldest. a g.rl Of j., pursuing
her studies j. & Brooklyn boarding school
To earn provision iu- their support and
eziucatio. lie E.S .u-I.e! his back :. lis
loved mountains
y TIE FALL o. 1876
at WIS Iase i. tie fall oi 81, think,
Nelson iz----l = - L, his PIP: ~. ~lsvetl
la-ck Lis h-e.-,. s,,l25 5-e-o. Il was 1t
C0-to-lWa. a.el oE,-i.l->. N-.,-. living with an
Old MEXICAN ia.t breed. who knew every
inch Of The Rockies l..-c :. look VIC
we-e dol.: n5-l.Et: =: particular AMI
-e-tiy fg- Il JOB when Brigham to-.-. :,
came along aid a-s-st my Mexican friend
AID rz.E's@li - X Ii guides ;.@rGss the
R1s-i4s.t7-. promising u -s.,i pay. He had
fur ct--,Is-,l D.. -in,,1,1-. elders, think,
b-,c c1n.Hs remember -n.r n2--leS
Seyen in al. E-c >ta--e. with Two emf
grant 5va-a:-s- G-.s q them loaded with
Hour. bacon, coffee and biscuit. crC.,,-l.
io- 'T.,o YEAR supply. I don't believe
Brigham had any .ie,. when hc started
jus 1TA7re Le s-..s colE:- and when he
wo-ll eet back. L Vas :. so-. q pros
pectin- trip, E5a and the elders cz-.Ici
cacl. oiae- .t.-ut4er, ana the ia ma. wa-s
goo. -l4-T,-c.s, jolly sort ct fellow. H
talked II -'a<a, deal 81 religious lingo hut .,c
was ,i"- the s7Gsn3sav school. piou> .!onai.
kind: Uo1..,s >eay '.a..,c. j. jus. the same as
! 'Toall, a:se- Esl@rel /. goo. hand Z, .uchre
w;> quite = .Gssa- fellow in .,ln~t, days.
AID as '.4c al Mexican didn't - :; much
English. L: .;;..;..:l talked @ god t,caI with
I-e AID tho. - convert l2!e - .io-Ino,.SIn
'ile was about ~. sve!l set up and Wi Il
a big. strong head AMI neck. Didn't
take !l2ucl I * il. liz arguments t,a!c,.e:-
ing po.Yc ::.ly. which .Io ~inlth had recently
INTRODUCED - (: revelation among he
saints BAT Brigham gave .nc rl- is.ea
OF man who vas pretty tir,:. in his
opinion and actually believed ,rEa. he
preached.
w e t:IL!l harry ourselves Iuucii MAX
ing oI.y ;.'o',. twenty miles day with
the wagons. pitching orr tents FOR three
0: tour days II !. time when We got into Z
likely REGION where game va, plenty and
exp.oGn. the country for mile, around.
don think We me, 4 white man :ll the
way ac.as,. There were lots Of Indians
but they didn't trouble us. lust coming
into camp u trade of fresh !..ca, OF skins
for bacon. AMI coffee. Toward Christmas
we strGcts Hams fork. in western Ne
t-as,sc. after maxim: a journey Of nearly
l.oD miles, There we were sne,,.r, mn
l.n..l tie spring.
>>oW FORTY FEET I,-.".
.4.t vas = particularly hard winter.
az. the STOW was f-.rtE feet deep il places
where il hal ,lrifte,l over TIE cailvon' But
we d-a-! ! >al.-i: provisions We're plenty.
iaerc was lots Of game. and when We
cou!Ai. get water We -; SHOW and melt
ed IL o1- camp Ct Hams fork was
pitched IL. 4 sheltered valley, and we %,
all the e!'>- antelope md bsar we could
shrnt.
Late in ~ aorin-. when the SION ha,
melted. wc struck camp and started
straight - the -1oultaia about .or.y
'n!ic> !'i-!st uo u. the top OF tn noun
tam we i"rHt; : 1.r--a lake fe,! l. = living
spring chuck ftslI Of trou, that heat any-
'hlHS IN the world. The smallest If them
Wa :sooas TWO Ieet long and weighed G.:c
or SIX pounds. and the 1lavor'.- The
trapIcr annexed his lips as the recolIac-
,.oh o! '.,s SIs1atory qualification Of forty
years before arose in his mind.
''Eri-a-,.i We, all the tine s3,;,,., ,,-
me IL! OF the land, and as Il !2o,c-l from /
Inc tip q The mountain over thu, level |
stretch ot ,lesc-, nearly tittv ,,frs. .-.-,e
he said: The promised land j. !, si~s;
We made cur way down II. !D,ur-a;, |
any accident worth ,.,,,tinninc, |
a-n when We struck the water .,c,y,- t,rt,-.-5, |
As Salt Lake Brigham swallowed = ,,,0-,t%.
lnA anu nar.et: it the Grea, SELF ~. |
men We struck ont afou, six r,,i}aS ~ H.
['or rla"cst and Brigham Young yton,,a,, |
9uooeh:! II. the clids, of the valley and |
>"ou':I: MS IS the spot: this i, rhc ,,}ac.
le'eaie,s . ne by the Great Spirit in a
uceam !. long ago. Here We viii h,,;,i ~
New Jerusele.a.' 'A''" '''e
we stayed in the nei.illcrhf..a ,h,,,,
SIX weeks. Brigham stak.d on, -. 49,.
70 that VIC could find it again ,a,i,x anS
Eade 4 sort Of map of it. Then Y. .tar+ad
oacS I" Cottonwood Springs, whish NJ
reaened late in the summer. Rr;ch,re
aod ms friends Went on to Nauyoo II1s
ano went eh On a deer hun, wi,h 49,
indian friends Xext xea- ~: WIN ~!